Streimannia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Roccellaceae.[1] A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Streimannia varieseptata.[2] The genus was circumscribed by Göran Thor in Opera Bot. vol.103 on page 84 in 1990.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Arthoniales |
| Family: | Roccellaceae |
| Genus: | Streimannia G.Thor |
| Type species | |
| Streimannia varieseptata G.Thor
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The genus name of Streimannia is in honour of Vale Heinar Streimann (1938–2001), who was an (Estonian)-Australian botanist (Mycology and Bryology). He worked for the forestry commission in Papua-New guinea and also in the Botanical Garden in Canberra.[3]
References
edit- ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
- ^ "Species Fungorum - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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